Day 20

The Guardian’s Inspiration for Today: “When people have a terrible enough opinion of themselves they ultimately reached the point where they “Push” any caring, support or helpful away. They literally say, “I don’t like me. Why should you?” The Guardian

Your Assignment for Today:

Read the following chapter from the book, “It’s Not Your Fault”.

The Big Push… Away! Chapter 16 Pages 137 – 143

Listen to The Push Away

​Notes: It is asked from time to time, “Why is all of this understanding of how people function and why things work the way they do necessary? I just want to do my goals (outcomes) and fix my life. I don’t need to be a psychology major”. Here’s the answer. As folks go through the 25-day program they invariably see situations and understandings that apply directly to them. However, when they don’t apply directly to you it is an absolute surety that every scrap of information you can glean from the book “It’s Not Your Fault” is going to apply and be useful in understanding other people and circumstances that you will have to deal with.In the case of The Big Push… Away, it is guaranteed that you will have to deal with someone who is so sad that they will “push away” the very help they desperately, in fact, want. In all probability there have been or will be times in your life when you push someone away when in reality you are in hopes that they will care enough to insist on helping. They’re persistence in caring might just provide you the reassurance of your worth that you urgently need. It is hoped that sometime each of us will have the opportunity to push past the often “hostile resistance” with Unconditional Love for someone in need.

Reminder: Daydream your goals with strong emotion at least two times each day. Also, make your necessary journal entries at the very end of your day, every day, without fail.

Valuable Thoughts:

"The people who need the most love will ask for it in the most unloving of ways." Unknown

“In case you haven't been told lately you are loved. You're important and you matter.You must believe in yourself not for what you are now but for what you have the power to become." The Guardian

“If anything, we should feel sorry for the people who want us to feel bad about ourselves, because they are the ones struggling for approval. In middle school, bullies tortured other kids because they thought it would make people like them more.” Ariana Grande

“People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.” Wayne Dyer

“If I am not good to myself how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?” Maya Angelou